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Have you tried Slack in a browser with notifications turned off? Possibly kept in a separate browser profile, so you can quickly open and close as needed? Or ev

Have you tried Slack in a browser with notifications turned off? Possibly kept in a separate browser profile, so you can quickly open and close as needed? Or even just minimized until needed.

Jare 4y ago
Slack in browser with notifications off, and not at all on the phone (or disabled while not on call) is the only sane way. I will still go to check it quite a few times per day, but I would never survive if the thing is allowed to actively call my attention.
- themanmaran 4y ago
  This is the way. I particularly like browser based apps. No concept of hiding out minimized when I close a tab. It's just gone until I decide to open it up again.
- danuker 4y ago
  I still get distracted when the tab text or icon changes.
  - clmay 4y ago
    That's why you close the tab between visits :)
  - eropple 4y ago
    Pin the tab. No more tab title.
    - danuker 4y ago
      The tab icon has the notification dot that drives me crazy. I close the tab whenever I'm not using it.
zztop44 4y ago
Yeah this is definitely a good idea but I think personally I need the structure of having specific set times to check it, as opposed to it just always being an option whenever I encounter a boring or difficult task.
bezier-curve 4y ago
I tried this myself years ago and my previous boss complained because my status was not showing up as online. This was well before 2020 when remote work was not as common as it is now, so I'm still a little annoyed by that. Also open offices, they're the physical version of Slack.
jfoster 4y ago
It's incredible that this isn't the official recommended way to use slack in a large organization. It shouldn't even ask to issue notifications if there will be a ridiculous frequency of them. Organizations will eventually not purchase a service if that service destroys productivity.

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Have you tried Slack in a browser with notifications turned off? Possibly kept in a separate browser profile, so you can quickly open and close as needed? Or ev

by paulryanrogers 4y ago

Have you tried Slack in a browser with notifications turned off? Possibly kept in a separate browser profile, so you can quickly open and close as needed? Or even just minimized until needed.

Jare 4y ago
Slack in browser with notifications off, and not at all on the phone (or disabled while not on call) is the only sane way. I will still go to check it quite a few times per day, but I would never survive if the thing is allowed to actively call my attention.
- themanmaran 4y ago
  This is the way. I particularly like browser based apps. No concept of hiding out minimized when I close a tab. It's just gone until I decide to open it up again.
- danuker 4y ago
  I still get distracted when the tab text or icon changes.
  - clmay 4y ago
    That's why you close the tab between visits :)
  - eropple 4y ago
    Pin the tab. No more tab title.
    - danuker 4y ago
      The tab icon has the notification dot that drives me crazy. I close the tab whenever I'm not using it.
zztop44 4y ago
Yeah this is definitely a good idea but I think personally I need the structure of having specific set times to check it, as opposed to it just always being an option whenever I encounter a boring or difficult task.
bezier-curve 4y ago
I tried this myself years ago and my previous boss complained because my status was not showing up as online. This was well before 2020 when remote work was not as common as it is now, so I'm still a little annoyed by that. Also open offices, they're the physical version of Slack.
jfoster 4y ago
It's incredible that this isn't the official recommended way to use slack in a large organization. It shouldn't even ask to issue notifications if there will be a ridiculous frequency of them. Organizations will eventually not purchase a service if that service destroys productivity.